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Animals – Teacher Resources

Incorporate students' natural curiosity about animals in your class with lessons and printables on sea life, endangered species, wildlife, and more. Educate them about animal behavior, biology, life cycles, and habitats with literature, games, and references. Science activities and graphic organizers will help students classify vertebrates and invertebrates. There are plenty of resources for math, writing, social studies, and art to extend your curriculum offerings for all grade levels.
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Animal-Themed Graphic Organizers
Presidential Pets
Printables for Grades K-2
Animals Printable Book (K-1)
Frog Life Cycle Booklet
Under the Sea Theme
Ladybug Pattern
Lion Mask
Body Parts of an Ant
What Is Adaptation?
More Popular Animal Printables
Printables for Grades 3-5
Butterfly Life Cycle Worksheet
Food Web
How to Eat Fried Worms Enrichment Activities
Butterfly Facts and Questions
Butterfly Life Cycle Quiz
Habitat and Animals Theme
Insects Bulletin Board Example
More Popular Animal Printables
Printables for Grades 6-8
Dominant and Recessive Genes
Animals That Migrate
Bacteria, Plants, & Animals Printable Book (6-10)
How Do Seasons Affect Animal Adaptations? -- Activity 4.11
Animals Printable Book (4-6)
Charlotte's Web Spider Quiz
Identifying Biomes
More Popular Animal Printables
Printables for Grades 9-12
Threats to Tropical Rain Forests
Making a Zoo Poster
Spanish Vocabulary Challenge: Animal Sounds
Measuring Turtle Length and Age
Endangered Animal Species
Modeling Protists
Dominant or Recessive?
More Popular Animal Printables
Graphic Organizers
Living and Non-Living Things
Amphibians Venn Diagram
How Animals Move: Legs and Wings
Classifying Things
Animal Coverings
KWL Chart - Animals
Dogs and Cats As Pets: Venn Diagram
More Animal Graphic Organizers
Quizzes
Young Animals Quiz
Vertebrates and Invertebrates Quiz
Kinds of Animals Quiz
Animal Classification Quiz
Animal Habits Quiz
Animal Scientists Quiz
Animal Facts Quiz
More Animal Quizzes
Lesson Plans for Grades K-6
Life Cycle of Butterflies
Animal Walk Circuit
Stone Fox: A Collection of Lessons
Charlotte's Web Persuasive Letter
What Am I? Icebreaker
Discover a Pond Food Web
"The Grasshopper and the Owl": A Fable by Aesop
More Popular Animal Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans for Grades 7-12
Papier-Mâché Piggy Bank
Declining Whales: Multiplying a Whole Number by a Percent
Estimating Turtle Size and Age
Origins of Asian-Pacific-American Heritage Month
Mimics Survive -- Camouflaged Reptiles
Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
All About Wolves
More Animal Lesson Plans
Animals & Technology Connected
Amazing Animals
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation: Student Planning Pages
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation
Animal Report PowerPoint Presentation: Teacher Planning Page
Amazing Animals Worksheet
Insects on the Internet
All About Wolves Worksheet
More Technology Activities on Animals
Music, Drama, & Animals Connected
The Beetles and the Bedbugs Song
Wiggle & Waggle Activity Guide
The Barnyard Song
The Barnum & Bailey Circus
More Music and Drama Activities on Animals
Animal Activities for Art Class
Calico's Curious Kittens Coloring Activity 3
"Dear Zoo" Flap Book
Cat Mask
Ralph Masiello's Ocean Drawing Book Coloring Page
Sea Creatures: Would You Rather...
Shark Pop-Up Activity
Hey There, Stink Bug! Activity Guide
More Popular Animal Art Activities
Animals in Literature
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Animal Farm
Charlotte's Web
Island of the Blue Dolphins
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Make Way for Ducklings
Stellaluna
More Popular Literature Resources on Animals
Animal Resources for Reading & Language Arts
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery
Animals at the Zoo Activity Sheet
Animals Worksheets
Grasshopper and Owl - Drawing Conclusions Worksheet
The Summer of the Swans
Snake and Sight Word Board Game
Zoo Animals
More Popular Animal Resources for Reading & Language Arts
Games & Puzzles
An Animal Word Search
A Fishy Word Search
Circus Maze
Animal Life Puzzles
A Bird Wordsearch
In the Pond
Animals Black and White Discussion and Game
Make a Puzzle
Search for the Animals
Where Are the Animals?
Social Studies & Animals Connected
An Ocean Adventure Sub Kit - Grades 3-4
The World of Rosemary Wells
Whale Population Recording Sheet
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears Word Puzzle
The Race of Toad and Deer
The Summer of the Swans Projects
Chimpanzees or Gorillas?
More Popular Animal Resources for Social Studies
Wildlife Week Resources
Some Unusual Facts About Snakes
Vertebrates Versus Invertebrates
Food Webs of Reptiles and Amphibians
A Visit to the Zoo Sub Kit -- Grades 1-2
Snake Facts Game Board
Classification of Animals
Animal Vocabulary: Families and Behavior
More Wildlife Teacher Resources
Earth Day Activities
Animal and Insect Pictures
There's an Owl in the Shower
Animal Apartments
Second-Grade Soil Scientists
What Are Viruses & Bacteria?
Classifying Cerealites
How Many Shrimp?
More Earth Day Teacher Resources
Animal Biology Resources
Reptile and Amphibian Life Span and Life History
A Butterfly's Life Cycle
Bird or Mammal?
Animal Babies and Parents
How Do Animals Move? -- Activity 4.9
Animal Adaptation Project -- Student Overview
Pet Shop
More Animal Biology Resources
Mathematics & Animals Connected
Which Dinosaur Is Taller?
Insects and Place Value Worksheet
Practicing Place Value With Insect Facts
Shapes and Addition
Dave the Octopus
Endangered Species' Life Spans Worksheet
Endangered Species' Life Spans
More Popular Animal Activities for Math Class
Animal Resources for History Class
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
Animals in Uniform
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Quiz
How the Chinese Use Insects
The Buffalo Hunters
The Fox and the Goat
Daily Warm-Up 75 for Gr. 5 & 6: Current Events
More Animal Resources for History Class
Health & Safety Resources on Animals
The Ants Have It!
Join the Firefighters!
Disease-Carrying Animals
Food From Plants and Animals
Wild Critters Vocabulary
More Health & Safety Resources on Animals
Endangered Species
Endangered Animals
Endangered Species Wordsearch
Jane Goodall, Ethologist
Endangerment -- Threatened Reptiles and Amphibians
Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?
Endangered Animals
Turtle Simulation
More Resources on Endangered Species
Insects
Insects Bulletin Board
Grasshopper and Owl - A Fable by Aesop
Animal Habitat Crossword Puzzle
Butterfly Garden
Two Bad Ants Teacher's Guide
List of Rain Forest Animals
Bug Buffet
More Insects –Teacher Resources
Aquatic Animals
How Big Is a Blue Whale?
Life in the Sea
Giant Squid Attack!
What Belongs in the Ocean?
Sea Animal Patterns
Backyardigans Character Mask: Pablo
Draw a Story
More Popular Aquatic Animal Resources
Zoo Animals
Lion Mask Cut-Out
Where Will You Find Them?
Animals at the Zoo Answer Key
And Tango Makes Three Educator's Guide
Jumbo the Elephant
Science, Technology, and Society: Zoos that Are News
Science and Technology: Fake Trees and Giraffes
More Resources on Zoo Animals
References
Animal Group Terms
Speed of Animals
Animal Defenses
Animal Cloning: Facts and Fallacies
Animal Names: Male, Female, Young
Gestation and Longevity of Animals
Birds as Symbols and Omens
More Animal References
Additional Animal Resources
Animal Adaptations Resources
Animal Reference Articles and Charts

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